Ottinger v. Ottinger

The trial court, in this divorce action, decreed that plaintiff and defendant, formerly wife and husband, were tenants in common of certain property in San Mateo County, and that plaintiff-wife was entitled to $250 attorney’s fees. The defendant-husband appeals.

The parties were married in April of 1929 in Missouri, and went to live with defendant’s parents on a farm near Green-ville, Tennessee. The marriage was not a happy one. In January of 1930, plaintiff, after being severely beaten by defendant, left the farm, went to live in Greenville, secured a job, and filed an action for divorce.…